October 17, 2017

Ethiopia Launches 15-Year Cotton Development Strategy

October 14, 2017 - As part of its effort to augment its textile sector, Ethiopia’s government has launched a 15 years National Cotton Development Strategy (...)

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October 26, 2018

Zimbabwe cotton ranked third in the world

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June 13, 2019

Swaziland finds success with GMO cotton

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January 25, 2018

Reviving Uganda’s cotton sector

Cotton and cotton textile industries are the engines of economic growth both in developed and developing countries. On January 17, 2018, The trade ministry signed (...)

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February 26, 2018

African countries ban secondhand clothes imports

African countries are trying to support their domestic textile industries, but pressure from the US and a flood of cheap clothing from China are making (...)

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July 18, 2019

Zimbabwe: Cottco cushions cotton farmers

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August 20, 2018

After wreaking havoc in Africa, 'impossible to kill' crop-destroying worm reaches Asia

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December 11, 2017

How Monsanto’s GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa

By JOE BAVIER When America’s biotech giant tried to export its know-how to small cotton farmers in Burkina Faso, there was a problem: The quality (...)

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May 4, 2018

KENYA: Breathe new life into sector, say cotton farmers

Kenya’s textile industry was once considered progressive and was the second largest employer after the public service in the 1980s and early 1990s. Thirty years (...)

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March 15, 2019

Reaping the rewards from more inclusive cotton production in Côte d’Ivoire

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